Excellent tool for all dog owners!

Margi

Margi

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I subscribe to Kim Komando's free tech newsletter. Today she posted this little nugget:

AI tool to try: Consensus is an AI-powered search engine trained on over 200 million research papers. Want to know more about a study? Search by keywords like “vitamin C and health,” or ask questions like, “How long should I walk every day?” With a free account, you’ll get unlimited searches and 10 AI reports per month. This isn’t an ad; I just think it’s neat!

So I went and asked "Gallbladder mucocele in shetland sheepdogs" results in the link below.

https://consensus.app/results/?q=Gallbladder mucocele in shetland sheepdogs&pro=on

Since we were just discussing this and the difficulty of reading studies I thought I would share it, as it apparently works for human and animal studies!
 
Thanks for sharing Marlene!!! That was 1) interesting, 2) informative as I haven't read of the genetic link, and 3) I appreciate the 'talk o me like I am 4' summary. Google doesn't show any tests available for that genetic mutation. I looked at the tests available at Embark but it is not listed.
 
As an IT and sometimes programmer, this is a nice way to do an LLM with relevant cites.

A lot of us who follow LLM/ML though are still pretty worried about how often these programs get it wrong.
Not a big problem for someone writing a paper in highschool, or general curiosity.
A very big problem is in other situations where an AI/LLM 'hallucination' gives an answer that is not correct and life/safety is involved.
Just like people drive off of docks because Siri or Google Maps directed them, there will be stories where people does what seems brain-dead because an AI told them it was the safe way to do something, or take something, etc.

Just something to keep in mind.
 
VallejoSheltie said:
As an IT and sometimes programmer, this is a nice way to do an LLM with relevant cites.

A lot of us who follow LLM/ML though are still pretty worried about how often these programs get it wrong.
Not a big problem for someone writing a paper in highschool, or general curiosity.
A very big problem is in other situations where an AI/LLM 'hallucination' gives an answer that is not correct and life/safety is involved.
Just like people drive off of docks because Siri or Google Maps directed them, there will be stories where people does what seems brain-dead because an AI told them it was the safe way to do something, or take something, etc.

Just something to keep in mind.
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Personally I don’t trust AI…Elon Musk thinks AI is the next best thing coming our way…as long as we are the ones giving it the information it’s always going to get something wrong. Just imagine how much false information is out there?
 
Sharon7 said:
Very interesting, this is the first I've heard of any clue to a genetic link. Sure hope they can figure it out.
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There is a blood test for GBM based on a possibly genetic link but it is inaccurate and ASSA has said not to rely on the blood test.

The Treatment and Prognosis section is shockingly incorrect. I would hate to think anyone relied on that information

- Survival rate for gallbladder removal is not low. It is only when the gallbladder has burst that survival rates drop - and this is dependent on a whole range of factors, and with immediate surgical attention survival is still over 50% so it's still worth attempting. Diet and Ursodiol - from all the Shelties I've known this seems to help delay having to get the gallbladder out, but I haven't known any that didn't end up getting it out.

Just something else not to do with the AI- I know the ASSA research mentions lipidema as an issue, but from my experience, I'm finding it's IBD and chronic pancreatitis that's the issue. None of the dogs I've known or had in Australia with GBM have had hyperlipidemia. Maybe hyperlipidemia is an issue for American Shelties overall, but maybe there is some other metabolic issues in Shelties causing all of this.
 
I agree absolutely that the mortality rate, given an experienced surgeon, is low in healthy dogs who are not yet having bad symptoms (hugely elevated liver values, vomiting, etc). And that is why I chose NOT to wait for surgery, even though the IM vet said to try just meds first and keep scanning frequently. My own vet said in her opinion if you can surgically correct the problem why mess around? But both mine had very full GBs that were close to rupture.
 
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